Connaught Mews Management - About us

Connaught Mews SE18 Management Company Ltd (CMSE18MCL) was originally formed around 1996 by the residents who had purchased the freehold forming a commonhold style limited management company. It is a non-profit organisation run by the first directors on a voluntary and unpaid basis with the aim of ensuring that services and problems are handled cost effectively where possible reducing the cost of works. Our aim is to keep the service charge as low as possible whilst ensuring that all major works are carried out. As we are ourselves residents, there is more incentive to ensure costs are minimised.

The first directors were voted in by the other directors to have the authority to make decisions on running the property on their behalf. Large decisions (such as the installation of the security gates) are always raised to all residents. The first directors do hold meetings but are also in constant contact with each other via email (often daily) to avoid delaying urgent decisions until the next meeting. With the introduction of the website, it has meant we are now informed of problems even more quickly. We are happy to arrange a meeting to discuss any issues should they not be resolvable by letter or email. Simply get in contact with us and we will arrange a suitable date.

Our other main role is to estimate and set the level of the service charge each year. Redwood Estates provide us with the actual costs from the previous year and estimates are made on past cost increases and also on any major works needing to be carried out. We pride ourselves on being able to show that almost no money is carried over from one financial year to the next indicating that our estimates are usually quite accurate.